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lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Feel free to GTG on my recent swap acquisition from savoyspecial. I'm quite confident I'll be very happy with it.

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I voted the "neutral" option in the poll.

    After 25-30 votes, I'll reveal the grade.

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  • DUIGUYDUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭
    Very Nice,65
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  • MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's a tough one. I vote AU55 with wonderful eye appeal

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  • TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
    I voted MS63, but it could be anything I guess.

    All I know for sure is it's a very pretty coin and very image
  • BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,179 ✭✭✭✭
    A prooflike business strike. Looks MS but barely.
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  • USMarine6USMarine6 Posts: 1,944 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think you'll be very happy with it as well. My spidey sense is telling me that this might be a proof so I voted PR63. I was way off on my last GTG so who knows.
  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I voted PF 64
  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,454 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PF62

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  • coffeycecoffeyce Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭
    62
  • AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,370 ✭✭✭✭
    Hard to tell from the images, but it's gorgeous!
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  • mercurydimeguymercurydimeguy Posts: 4,625 ✭✭✭✭
    These are PL. it's a business strike. Has the markings.

    MS64.
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting poll spread this time.

    FWIW, if this weren't my coin and I didn't know the grade and one of y'all were doing GTG on it, I'd be having a similarly tough time figuring it out myself.

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    OK, we're at 24 votes, now. That's close enough, since it's time for me to crawl off to bed. (I work graveyard shift.)

    Here's the grade.

    (No peekie 'til you've voted in the poll!)

    Thanks for playin'. image


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  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,371 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice 3CS! I really like the color and nice strike.
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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,077 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice. Looks proof. I'll guess 63.
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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,383 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Can I take a guess? imageimage

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I voted PR58 which is the same as PR63 on a different day imageimage
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I guessed 63 (no peek).... got lucky on this one since the tarnish had me thinking low...Cheers, RickO
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,658 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Can I take a guess? imageimage >>



    Sure, go ahead. That's what the poll is for!

    Hmm.… but considering the people you associate with in your hometown, I suspect you know more than I do about how this coin looks in hand, eh? image

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  • SamByrdSamByrd Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭✭
    lightly circulated proof pf55.

    Greg is great to deal with , no doubt you will be pleased with the coin.

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  • mercurydimeguymercurydimeguy Posts: 4,625 ✭✭✭✭
    Looks like a business strike to me...but for about 10 years, it's a crap shoot with these 3CS whether it's PR or MS.
  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,996 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I voted PR63, but was tempted to go PR64.
    When in doubt, don't.
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  • KyleKyle Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I had voted PR-62, great looking coin.
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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,537 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Gorgeous coin.....I would estimate the Proofs of this date, while still quite scarce, are far more prevalent than Mint State
    business strike pieces.....or any biz strike pieces, for that matter!

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And now the coin is in hand, having been delivered by a new twentysomething Mail Hottie who has apparently replaced our sweet, grandmotherly, eightysomething rural mail carrier, who just retired.

    Looks nice. Subtle mirrors, as the pictures indicate, but that's due to the toning.

    I like it, but fate has destined that I am to own it only for this weekend.

    I wasn't planning on flipping it, but I was just "made an offer I couldn't refuse" by a forum heavyweight whose swapstock is usually way, way beyond my league. I'll be getting another nice coin. I've got the weekend to enjoy owning this one, and then off it goes again Monday.

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  • sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I voted PR58 which is the same as PR63 on a different day imageimage >>


    So did I and I agree about on another day........

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No reason not to share some "before and after" pix now, I suppose.

    So you see, this coin has been to Newport Beach at least twice in the
    past thirty years, and got the same grade both times.
    (And was judged to be a proof by our wise hosts.)

    Savoyspecial and I figured it was worth sacrificing the vintage rattler slab
    for a shot at PR64, and even though that wasn't in the cards, I think the
    TrueView alone was worth it, IMHO.
    (Would've thought twice about that if it had been a Doily, of course.)

    Before:

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    After: (Just graded in the last few weeks)

    image

    And here is what it looks like I'll be getting instead.

    (Plus some money which enables me to buy back the 1880 PCGS PR64 3cN
    that was to be part of the deal for this 3cS, so I'll still have a proof 3c piece
    for my Box of 20, plus a nice Roman.)

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  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,465 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> Savoyspecial and I figured it was worth sacrificing the vintage rattler slab
    for a shot at PR64, and even though that wasn't in the cards, I think the
    TrueView alone was worth it, IMHO.
    (Would've thought twice about that if it had been a Doily, of course.) >>



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  • YorkshiremanYorkshireman Posts: 4,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice, LM.
    Wish my 50 year old eyes were strong enough to see that much detail in hand.
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